To meditate/pray upon
John 15:26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I
will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the
Father—he will testify about me.”
John 1:33 “I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me
to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down
and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’”
Luke 11:13 “If you then, though
you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will
your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
The gift of the Spirit is promised to every believer. He comes and gives
us new life (regeneration). One cannot become a Christian without the
miraculous work of the Spirit in our heart; Salvation, entirely by grace (a
free gift) is achieved as God, by the Spirit, causes sinners, who by nature are
rebellious to God, to turn toward Him in repentance and faith.
For some, regeneration is the extent of the Spirit’s work. But any
reading of the New Testament will teach us to desire and expect the empowering
of the Spirit also.
‘The commission is to be witnesses to all the
world. “When we become aware of our lack of power, when we get stirred up like
Elisha did, and understand that we have got a big job to do, so we’d better get
some power like Elijah had. If I’m to do what Elijah did, Elisha said, I better
have what Elisha had. And if we sense that we have got to take the nations, and
do the sort of work that Jesus did, we better have some power.’ Terry Virgo
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